Nop90 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Old lost prototype of new homebrew remake? 16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Wow, that's cool! Always thought that game belonged on the Lynx. Nice work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bhall408 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 So the synthesized speech was ripped directly from the C64 version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ever2600 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 3 hours ago, davidcalgary29 said: So the synthesized speech was ripped directly from the C64 version? Yeah why not? Was the best version! ; ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidGameR186496 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 9 hours ago, Nop90 said: Old lost prototype of new homebrew remake? Looks pretty darn good! It would be cool seeing this becoming a full-fledge port for the Lynx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris1997XX Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Err...guys, did you not read the description? It says "Work in progress remake of Impossible Mission for the Atari Lynx Handheld" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ever2600 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Read? Like reading the manual? No way! My guess was homebrew anyways. If epyx had a lost prototype they would have had copyright 1984 and remake version 1991'ish... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 2 hours ago, 4ever2600 said: Yeah why not? Was the best version! ; ) Nothing wrong with it at all; just noting the similarity between the two versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 I hope this one is made possible, contrary to the title. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nop90 Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 (edited) 13 hours ago, davidcalgary29 said: So the synthesized speech was ripped directly from the C64 version? speech and gfx are from the javascript port that is online, that are ripped from the C64 game 😉. Code is mine, also resizing the gfx to half resolution is by me and it's a lot of work. 9 hours ago, 4ever2600 said: Yeah why not? Was the best version! ; ) I agree, but probably bacause it was the only version I played in my youth 8 hours ago, KidGameR186496 said: Looks pretty darn good! It would be cool seeing this becoming a full-fledge port for the Lynx I have other projects to complete, but despite this being a really time consuming work, all the code that isn't in the game is already in my head, so with a little patience this game will be completed. The real problem is the legal issues in releasing an exact copy of a copyrighted game, refactoring the game maintaining the same feeling, like I did with starblader, is not possiblethis time . When the game will be complete I'll see if if it's possible to acquire rights for a phisical release on lynx like other people did for the remake on steam. Edited January 6 by Nop90 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 22 hours ago, Nop90 said: Old lost prototype of new homebrew remake? This was my favorite C64 game. I'll be following this thread. -Thx! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Wow, that is cool! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nop90 Posted January 7 Author Share Posted January 7 It's possible to search in the rooms now ... ... but there is nothing to find yet 😞 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo Laser Lynx Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Wow, looks and sounds great! Fingers crossed that you could get the rights! 🤞I suppose a similar game with different graphics would work well too, but it sure is nostalgic seeing that running on a Lynx. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nop90 Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 Here is a video showing the progresses of my remake: All the rooms, the robots and the furniture are in place, now I have to add the robots movement and the pieces of the puzzle hidden in the forniture. Than I'll add the rooms with the tones to align and the puzzle solving code. In the title screen I added some animations and (for now only as a placeholder) a chipper conversion of the amiga mod tune "Action for you". Probably this will change in the future because I don't know if I will be able to get in touch with the composer to ask permission to use it, there is only an old email address from the 1994 in the file notes. I'm trying to stay as close as possible to the original C64 game for the moment. feedbacks are welcome. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xhul Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 3 hours ago, Nop90 said: I'm trying to stay as close as possible to the original C64 game for the moment. feedbacks are welcome. No idea how close it actually is, but i must say it looks and sounds wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 That guy's sprite has some seriously thick thighs. And his biceps are bigger than his head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nop90 Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 7 hours ago, ZylonBane said: That guy's sprite has some seriously thick thighs. And his biceps are bigger than his head. Yes, he spends most of his exitence making jumps in air and in the free time makes body building. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dropbean Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Seeing how polished Xump 2 conversion turned out, I'm not worried about this project's future. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nop90 Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 56 minutes ago, dropbean said: Seeing how polished Xump 2 conversion turned out, I'm not worried about this project's future. Thank you. But Xump2 graphics, after the first rough resizing of the images by me, was refined by a professional gfx artist. When the game will be completed, I'll evaluate to ask someone to clean the sprites, or possibly to make new improved graphics (maybe with the option to play with the original one). For the moment the priority is to complete the game engine. I found the javascript port is cheating, using a fixed set of images for the puzzle, while the original game creates dinamically new ones at every run using a set of mold images. Now I'm writing the code to create literal (i.e. unpaked) sprites in memory starting from the set of mold images and the nine full punch cards. I think this game deserves a full port from the original C64 game. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nop90 Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 And here is the piece randomizer, press A to generate a new puzzle. Every row shows the 4 pieces to be composed to have one of the 9 punchcards. To cheat the game, feel free to memorize all the possible combinations if you can 😁. I'm considering to add in the final game a training mode with only the puzzle and 30 minutes to solve it. IMPC.lnx 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nop90 Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 This week update: Puzzle pieces random generation -> Done Puzzle pieces random positioning in the forniture > Done Password (Snooze Robots and Reset Platform) random placement in the forniture -> Done 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nop90 Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 Let's rock! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 You have a PayPal we can buy you a coffee with? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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